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wpial
November 5, 2020

WPIAL Winter Sports to Continue as Scheduled

The Western Pennslyvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) decided to continue on with the winter sports season as scheduled following a board of directors meeting on Wednesday. According to a report from The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the WPI...


vhsl
November 3, 2020

VHSL Athletics Cleared to Resume in December

The Virginia High School League (VHSL), an overseer of the state for high school sports, gave the OK to schools last week to begin resuming some athletic activities next month. According to a report from WTOP News, school can get back to high scho...


nfhs
November 2, 2020

NFHS Shares State Updates on Sports Amid COVID-19

The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) held a media briefing late last week to discuss how varying state athletic associations were doing in its return to sports amid the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the numbers obtain...


miaa
October 30, 2020

MIAA Board of Directors Cancels Winter Tournaments

The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) announced there will be no winter sports postseason tournaments for the 2020-21 school year. The MIAA Board of Directors voted 20-0 on Thursday to cancel all playoffs for the winter spo...


uaa
October 30, 2020

UAA Conference Cancels 2020-21 Winter Season

The University Athletic Association (UAA) Presidents Council has unanimously approved a resolution to cancel all formal UAA winter sport competition for the 2020-21 season. Over the last several months several UAA committees comprising athletic ad...


organizations
July 22, 2020

State Organizations Announce Start Dates for Fall Sports

A few state high school athletic organizations have announced tentative start dates for the fall sports season amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA), the Florida High School Athletic Association ...


January 19, 2019

713 swimming, diving teams recognized for classroom success

The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) has selected a record 713 teams from 460 institutions to the Scholar All-America Team for the fall 2018 semester. The teams were selected by the CSCAA’s Scholar All-America comm...


February 8, 2018

Eight tips for coaching girls at all levels

The goal for coaches is to win games and turn athletes into quality people. But there may come a time when you're asked to adjust your style to accommodate the opposite gender or coach a group of athletes you may not be familiar with. For some...


January 8, 2018

9 effective teaching methods for coaches

Productive coaches spend 75 percent of their time teaching the sport to their players, and the other 25 percent of the time coaching. With younger athletes, this gap increases with teaching becoming more important. The problem is that many coaches...


December 31, 2017

Track, volleyball most popular sports among U.S. high school girls

Nearly 500,000 high school girls participated in track and field during the 2016-17 school year, according to the National Federation of State High School Associations' annual survey.  ...